Posted on 03/15/2013 10:16:41 AM PDT by Cajun Jihad
Edited on 03/15/2013 10:18:18 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Driving in Chicago is by far the worst experience I’ve ever had.
Driving in a thunderstorm in So Dak was also bad...I had to stop the car because I couldn’t see where I was going. But I was smart enough to pull over to what I thought was the side of the road, just in case. I mean, if I couldn’t see, neither could the guy behind me. And this was a two-lane road.
Yep, down heah we have bunches of multiple-syllabic words as opposed to up theah. You get more for your money down here (in syllables, at least).
Happy St. Patty (Paddy?)’s day!
It’s down to 65 now, but will be in the 80’s again today. :o])
Those things always gave me trouble. (Sort of like anything with wheels on it.)
I bet she’s the one you encourage adrenaline-producing activities with. (Ugh, please receive the thought but ignore sentence unstructure.)
That’s the Californian cat burglar, isn’t it?
Have never been to Chicago. Sounds too scary. What brought you there?
Are there Habitant rules about rogue washing machines not being permitted in the library? Or is it that the darned things refuse to follow the rules? They ruin it for everybody when they’re petulant. Down with petulant rogue washers! (Our new battle cry?)
Please deliver Marshall a hug and a kiss for me!
Oh, I get it now!
Morning.
It is! When it’s noon, I’ll go to church.
Good morning!
Off to do chores. Have a great day, y’all!
Morning ... and {{{HUGS}}} for all ... ah ... let me retract that. {{{HANDSHAKES}}} for the males.
I enjoyed that, thanks!
My first husband had shore duty at Great Lakes NTC in Waukegan, IL and Chicago was about 20 miles south. We were always going there to watch ball games: Wrigley Field, Comisky Park and Soldier’s Field.
We also went there for drive-in movies. Instant migraine when he said, “We’re going to Chicago.”
Unngh!
It isn't so much a matter of "rules", (which we, out of general principles, principally eschew), but one of usage patterns.
The Flying Castle Habitat contains as a central feature, the Castle. The Castle walls are about thirty feet thick in the walls around the courtyard. This is not defensive. That thickness is deceptive, because it conceals small rooms on either side of a narrow corridor.
It's like a nightmarish rendition of a highway motel, with each room having only a single full-size bed, a small eating area, and a ridiculously minimal wash space. It is Spartan to the degree that a monk would feel claustrophobic.
But these courtyard wall rooms were designed for visitors, students, workers and volunteers in the other enterprises going on in the Castle. Basically, they offer the merest space to rest your weary head, before trudging back to work in the kitchens, vegetable gardens, laundries, dairy, or in the various theaters and other entertainment venues. It's a workspace environment. Kind of a bunkhouse.
Not that these rooms are completely without creature comforts, though. They have a comfortably-sized monitor screen for TV-style entertainment programs, or for use as a computer monitor. The sound, in the small room, is adequate. A special feature is a delivery system, similar to having a dumbwaiter, which is connected to all parts of the Castle, for requesting items to be delivered, or sending out small packages. One can order pizza, complete meats, drinks in abundance, and real books or printed material. After the meal, leftovers and soiled dishes can be sent on their way using the same delivery device.
Laundry and shopping purchases can be dealt with the same way. For serious stay-at-homes, there's little reason to leave this cozy nest.
But outside of the courtyard walls, so much more abounds to attract the eye and interest!
The courtyard itself has songbirds fluttering among the shrubbery and fruit trees, fountains and garden paths, and of course it leads into the Castle itself, with its large banquet halls, grand staircases and libraries, kitchens and bars, theaters and music rooms, swimming pools, a grand library which is roofed over with an atrium greenhouse cum aviary, and so much more!
Or one could go through the courtyard gate, over the drawbridge and moat, and out into the verdant pastureland that leads up to the forest line in the distance.
The canopy above, with artificial lights blurring the outlines of the structural members, gives the illusion of open sky. A close look even shows that a wispy condensation almost resembles clouds in the apparently open sky.
Or you can stay in your room and read.
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